Tablet Shipments Drop 7 Percent in Second Quarter of 2015 with Apple Posting Largest Decline

“Longer life cycles, increased competition from other categories such as larger smartphones, combined with the fact that end users can install the latest operating systems on their older tablets has stifled the initial enthusiasm for these devices in the consumer market,”

“The functions of an interactive whiteboard can be mimicked with a large screen TV and a Chromecast device, which also allows teachers to use any device available whether it’s a document camera, phone, iPad or other tablet.”

After yesterday’s post about making the most of Google Keep I received a few emails from readers wanting to know a bit more about how Google Keep works. To answer those questions I recorded the short video that you see embedded below (click here if you cannot see the video).

E.g., if your interest is #principalship, you can seek channels and conversations by using it as a hashtag

Search and subscribe to LinkedIn “Interests/Groups” and lurk or actively participate in the conversations.

Consider start and maintenance of your own blog with your daily reflections on your research progress

E.g., LinkedIn can be very much used as a blog, although you can subscribe for a free one such as Edublog

p. 141. Chapter 8 “Using Social Media in Research.”
Bell, J. (1999).Doing your research project: A guide for first-time researchers in education and social science(3rd ed.). Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia: Open University Press. (Available on Google and at SCSU Library through ILL)

Crowdsourcing, social networking. Consider the following questions:

What are your goals?

Who do you want to reach?

Why do you want to reach them?

Which digital tool or platform will be most effective in enabling you to reach your goals?

If you already spend time each day using social media for personal reasons, how much time are you able to set aside each day to use social media for research?

at what time of day will you engage in social media? (time differences, if you are communicating globally)